Genesis 32:8
King James Version (KJV)
And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
In context
6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
Genesis 32:8 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
- WEB World English Bible
- He said, “If Esau comes to the one company, and strikes it, then the company which is left will escape.”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and saith, 'If Esau come in unto the one camp, and have smitten it — then the camp which is left hath been for an escape.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he said, If Esau come to the one troop and smite it, then the other troop which is left shall escape.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And said, If Esau shall come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left, will escape.